General News

When Jacqueline Vaca gets up at 4:30 a.m. at her home near La Primavera forest outside Guadalajara, it is not only to prepare herself for her first dog walk of the day at 7:30 near the city center.

An atmospheric environmental “pre-contingency,” which indicates that the level of harmful particles in the air has exceeded acceptable standards, was issued November 7 in the Las Pintas area of Guadalajara, becoming the 45th one this year in the metro area. 

The deputy operational director of the Zapopan municipal police force was shot to death on Monday, November 13 as he was about to enter a cafe at the busy corner of Avenida Patria and Beethoven in the middle-class La Estancia neighborhood.

Almost 4,000 athletes are participating in this week’s Gay Games, with 22 sports being contested at 14 Guadalajara metro-area venues. 

More than 50,000 people turned out in Guadalajara and Zapopan Tuesday and Wednesday to welcome Amal, a 12-foot-tall puppet of a Syrian refugee child that has become a global symbol of the struggles of refugees.

In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our October editions 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.

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Tourist tips

• Ferry landing complexes are under construction at Puerto Vallarta and Cabo San Lucas in preparation for next year’s opening of scheduled ferry service linking the mainland with the southern-most tip of the Baja California peninsula.

If you have seen these booths popping up beside major Guadalajara avenues you may be wondering what their purpose is. 

There are several Otis collection centers distributed throughout Guadalajara, one of the main ones located in the pedestrian walkway (La Rambla Cataluña) alongside the Universidad de Guadalajara rectory, on Avenida Juárez. Open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.